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Research opportunity infrastructure for medical institutions

Where medical research finds its people.

Clinvanta connects medical students, faculty, and administrators across the research opportunity lifecycle. Built to expand access and give institutions clearer oversight of their research programs.

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Research opportunity isn't scarce. It's hidden.

Medical research doesn't have an application problem. It has a discovery problem.

Opportunities live in inboxes. Decisions happen in hallways. Labs fill through a referral from a friend's PI, a whispered mention at a conference, an email from a professor who already knew which student to ask.

For students without those networks, the door is closed before they even know it exists. Talent is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not.

Clinvanta is the connective tissue of medical research.

Institutional research infrastructure for the full opportunity lifecycle. Students discover and apply to real, active opportunities. Faculty review applicants and recommend or decline them. Administrators manage verification, onboarding, and program insight. No cold emails. No dead department pages. No insider advantage required.

Three roles. One connected process.

01

Institution-managed identity

Your institution administers its own roster and verifies students, faculty, and staff. Everyone works from the same trusted record of who belongs to the program.

02

Post, discover, apply

Faculty post active opportunities in one place. Students browse across specialties, institutions, and research types, then apply with a complete profile instead of a cold email.

03

Review, recommend, onboard

Your completed Clinvanta CV is attached when you submit an application. Faculty review applicants and recommend or decline them, and the institution handles final acceptance and onboarding.

One platform. Three perspectives.

Each role gets purpose-built tools. Everyone operates on verified ground.

For Students

Find research, not dead ends.

Stop chasing broken department links and unanswered emails. Discover real, active opportunities posted by faculty at participating institutions, and apply with a profile you build once.

  • Reusable profile and standardized Research CV
  • Your completed CV is attached to each application you submit
  • Application tracking from submitted through review
  • Conversation opens once a faculty member responds to your application
  • Access provided through your institution
For Researchers

Post once. Reach motivated students.

Applications come to you in one organized place, not scattered across your inbox, buried under other email, or lost in a thread. See every interested student at a glance, respond on your own time.

  • Centralized posting and applicant review
  • Recommend or decline each applicant, with the institution handling final acceptance
  • Respond to applicants inside the application context
  • Pairing support once a student is onboarded
  • Clear applicant timeline & status
For Institutions

A research platform, tailored to your institution.

Give your students and faculty a dedicated space to connect, configured for your institution. Your administrators keep control of who participates and how the program runs, with a clear view of activity across departments.

  • User verification and roster administration
  • Institutional acceptance and onboarding
  • Reporting on participation, demand, outcomes, and equity
  • Institution-specific branding and configuration

Built like the product you wish existed.

Clean, fast, and purpose-built for medical research. Switch between the three views below to explore how Clinvanta looks from every angle.

app.clinvanta.com/opportunities
Interactive preview — click around
Student
Opportunities
My applications3
Messages2
Profile
Research CV
Opportunities
Every opportunity at your institution, sorted by your research interests. Click any card to view details and apply.
My applications
Messages
Conversations open after a faculty member responds to one of your applications
My profile
Shared with the reviewing faculty member when you submit an application
TJ
Taylor Johnson
MS2 · Class of 2027 · Howard University College of Medicine
✓ Enrollment verified by your institution
Ready to apply
About
Second year medical student focused on cardiovascular outcomes and health equity. Comfortable with chart review and statistical analysis, and looking for a longitudinal project with manuscript involvement.
Research experience
1 prior project
Availability
Academic year, 10 hrs/wk
Research interests
Cardiovascular outcomesHealth disparitiesData analysis
Skills
R / StatisticsEHR dataLiterature reviewIRB protocols
Profile and Research CV complete. Interests help sort the opportunities you see, and never limit what you can apply to.
Research CV
A complete Research CV is required before you can apply. It is attached automatically to every application you submit.
Your Research CV is complete
The complete Clinvanta Research CV is available only within the platform and is not displayed in this public demonstration.
A complete profile and Research CV are required before you can apply.
Your completed CV is attached automatically when you submit an application.
Only the faculty member reviewing that application can see it.
It stays private outside the application process. It is never published or searchable.
Researcher
My postings
Applicants7
Messages2
New posting
Profile
My postings
Everything you have posted, in one place. Select a posting to see its summary.
Applicants
Every applicant in one place, listed in application order. Recommend or decline, and your institution handles final acceptance.

Disparities in Cardiac Outcomes Among Black Patients

7 applicants Posted Apr 1 Showing the 4 most recent
TJ
Taylor Johnson, MS2
Applied Apr 14 · Cardiology interest · 1 prior project
Year
MS2
Prior projects
1
Skills
R, EHR data, lit review
Availability
Academic year
Interested in cardiovascular outcomes and health disparities research. Eager to contribute to manuscript preparation.
KL
Keisha Lowe, MS3
Applied Apr 13 · Strong statistics background · 2 prior projects
Year
MS3
Prior projects
2
Skills
SPSS, R, Covidence
Availability
10 hrs/wk
Experienced with systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Co-authored one publication in a regional journal.
OM
Obinna Mwangi, MS1
Applied Apr 11 · New to research · Eager to learn
Year
MS1
Prior projects
0 (first project)
Skills
Excel, literature search
Availability
Flexible
No prior research experience but highly motivated. Completed basic biostatistics coursework and looking for a first opportunity.
SP
Sofia Patel, MS4
Applied Apr 9 · 3 prior publications · Open to authorship
Year
MS4
Publications
3
Skills
R, STATA, IRB writing
Availability
Summer + fall
Extensive experience with EHR-based retrospective studies. Interested in authorship and can commit 15+ hrs/wk over summer.
Messages
Every conversation starts from an application you responded to in applicant review
New posting
A short demonstration of how a posting is described. Nothing here is submitted or published.
Demonstration only. Nothing is submitted, published, or transmitted from this page.
My profile
What students see on your opportunities
DW
Dr. Denise Williams
Cardiology · Howard University Hospital
✓ Faculty role verified by your institution
Verified
Typical response time
3 days
Students mentored
9
Active postings
1
Department
Cardiology
Research interests
Cardiovascular outcomesHealth disparitiesEHR-based research
Students see mentorship signals such as response time and students mentored, so they can judge fit before applying.
Admin
Overview
Users3
Postings
Settings
Institutional overview
Real-time view of research activity at your institution.
148
+12% active students this month
48
+6 open postings this week
Specialty demand (top 4)
Cardiology
42
Public Health
36
Oncology
29
Endocrinology
20
Pending student verifications
Users
Your institution administers its own roster. Approve pending students to give them access.
Verification is managed by your institution. Clinvanta does not run an automated credential check.
Postings
Program-level oversight across departments. Select a posting to see its summary.
Showing 5 of 48 postings.
Settings
How Clinvanta is configured for your institution
Institution branding
Your institution's name, colors, and logo appear across the student and faculty experience.
User roles
Student, faculty, and administrator roles determine what each person can post, review, and approve.
Roster administration
Your administrators add, verify, and deactivate accounts, and decide who takes part in the program.
Single sign on
Single sign on configuration is established with each institution during implementation.
Notification preferences
Choose which application and roster events send a notification to administrators.
This demonstration shows configuration categories only. No domains, credentials, keys, or provider settings are shown.
Message

Interactive preview. Final product design may vary.

The details that matter.

Verified access

Your institution verifies enrollment and institutional role before anyone can apply or post. Everyone works from the same trusted roster.

Contextual communication

Communication stays tied to real work. Students can include a note with an application, and faculty respond from applicant review. Every conversation stays connected to an application or an active research relationship, so students cannot send unsolicited cold outreach.

Standardized Research CV

Students complete a standardized CV once, which makes it simple for those new to research and fast for faculty to review. The required profile and CV must be complete before a student can apply, and the completed CV is attached consistently to every application submitted. It is not published or searchable outside that process.

Application tracking

Every application, status, and contextual conversation in one timeline. Never lose track of an opportunity or a follow-up again.

Interest-informed discovery

Your stated interests help organize and sort the opportunities you see, but they never restrict what you can find or apply to. Faculty review applicants in application order, without algorithmic ranking or percentage match scores.

Privacy-first by design

Your research history is yours. Your Clinvanta CV stays private until you attach it by submitting an application, and it reaches only the faculty reviewing that application.

Talent is evenly distributed. Opportunity isn't. We're building the bridge.

Clinvanta began with something we routinely noticed: the medical students who stand to gain the most from research experience are often the ones with the least access to it. Not because they lack drive or ability, but because they lack the right introductions at the right moments. We're building the platform we wish had existed for us. A place where opportunity doesn't depend on who you happen to know.

Equity by default

Access is not a favor granted by proximity. Every verified student gets the same visibility, the same tools, the same shot.

Institutional partnership

We work with medical schools and research hospitals directly, not around them. Your institution's values are ours.

Student-first, always

Clinvanta is designed for institutional access. Students do not purchase individual subscriptions.

Everything we're often asked.

Q1When will Clinvanta be available?

Clinvanta is being developed and prepared for institutional pilot evaluation. We have not settled a broader availability date. Sign up above to receive product and institutional pilot updates as the work progresses.

Q2What will Clinvanta cost students?

Students do not purchase individual access to Clinvanta. Access is provided through participating institutions. We believe access to research opportunity should not be gated by another student subscription.

Q3Which institutions are supported?

Clinvanta is designed for medical schools, academic medical centers, and research hospitals, with a focus on expanding access to students at programs historically underrepresented in medical research. Availability will expand as institutional agreements are established.

Q4How do you verify users?

Verification is managed by the institution. Your institution administers its own roster and confirms who participates as a student, faculty member, or administrator. The exact identity and single sign on process is established with each participating institution. Unverified accounts cannot apply to or post opportunities.

Q5How is Clinvanta different from LinkedIn, Doximity, or ResearchGate?

Those platforms are built for networking after the fact. Clinvanta is purpose-built for the moment of connection, connecting students to active, real opportunities and supporting the complete institutional lifecycle from posting through review, recommendation, acceptance, and onboarding. It's not a social feed. It's research infrastructure.

Q6Will Clinvanta be available to international students?

Our current focus is United States medical institutions. International availability has not been determined.

Q7I'm a researcher. What will it cost me?

Researchers do not purchase individual access to Clinvanta. Access is provided through your institution. If your institution is not yet working with us, reach out and we'd be glad to start that conversation.

Q8How is my data handled?

Clinvanta does not sell personal information collected through this public website or use it for advertising. Our Privacy Policy governs this public website, the update signup, and the contact form. Data practices for any future live product or institutional pilot will be defined through separate product privacy terms and institutional agreements before live use.

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